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Details fiends will note the rather lovely circularity here, for each of the limbs (other than “financial contracts for differences”) employs the expression  “[[derivative contract]]”. Could something that falls outside the scope of paras 4-10, but also arguable falls within it — a transferable security with an embedded derivative, like a [[credit-linked note]], for example — count as a “[[derivative contract]]”? The [[European Commission]] draftspersons are occasionally cavalier in their looseness with words you wish they’d been careful about. Unintended consequences hover over either interpretation.
Details fiends will note the rather lovely circularity here, for each of the limbs (other than “financial contracts for differences”) employs the expression  “[[derivative contract]]”. Could something that falls outside the scope of paras 4-10, but also arguable falls within it — a transferable security with an embedded derivative, like a [[credit-linked note]], for example — count as a “[[derivative contract]]”? The [[European Commission]] draftspersons are occasionally cavalier in their looseness with words you wish they’d been careful about. Unintended consequences hover over either interpretation.
Elsewhere — in Article 2(7) of [[EMIR]] — the Commission speaks of “[[OTC derivative]]s” or “[[OTC derivative contract]]s” — to distinguish them from “exchange-traded derivatives”, which it defines as:
Elsewhere — in Article 2(7) of [[EMIR]] — the Commission speaks of “[[OTC derivative]]s” or “[[OTC derivative contract]]s” — to distinguish them from “exchange-traded derivatives”, which it defines as:
{{quote|a [[derivative contract]] the execution of which does not take place on a [[regulated market]] as within the meaning of Article {{mifid2prov|4(1)}}(14) of [[MiFID]] or on a third-country market considered as equivalent to a [[regulated market]] in accordance with Article {{mifidf2peov|19(6)}} of [[MiFID]]}}
{{quote|a [[derivative contract]] the execution of which does not take place on a [[regulated market]] as within the meaning of Article {{mifid2prov|4(1)}}(14) of [[MiFID]] or on a third-country market considered as equivalent to a [[regulated market]] in accordance with Article {{mifidf2prov|19(6)}} of [[MiFID]]}}


The implication here is that those taking place on a [[trading venue]] (such as an [[OTF]] or [[MTF]]) which is not a [[regulated market]] nonetheless count as [[OTC derivative]]s.
The implication here is that those taking place on a [[trading venue]] (such as an [[OTF]] or [[MTF]]) which is not a [[regulated market]] nonetheless count as [[OTC derivative]]s.